Disclaimer - I don't own Disney (hah) and there is an adapted Disney song in this chapter

After half a day of searching Bright Shimmer finally found an out-of-the-way kingfisher's burrow. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. After a few minutes of no answer, she turned around to leave and heard the faint hint of a song coming from afar of to her right. She turned around again and began following the song. As she got nearer, she began to decipher the words of the song

Oh, dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig the whole day through!

cause dig dig dig dig dig dig dig is what we like to do!

in a mine, in a tree, in a hole…

in a mine or a tree or a hole!

Oh, dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig dig the whole day through!...

She slowly peeked her head around a bush and beheld the most curious sight she'd ever seen. Seven brown tails were sticking out of a hole. She quickly realized that they were the kingfishers that lived in the burrow she had found, and, as far as she could tell, they were digging! They were pecking worms out of the hole and stacking them in a pile next to each one. She watched in wonder for a little, until she realized that there were now six kingfishers. One of them was missing! She thought about this for a second and then realized that there was now only five! She stared hard at the remaining five and watched one kingfisher stop working, gather up his pile of worms, stuff them in a sack from a pile of them she had noticed earlier, say something to the others and, with a bound and a spring, jump into the air and flutter off. She began inching closer inch by inch, when suddenly from behind her she heard a voice say loudly,

"What do you think you're doing?"

Bright Shimmer whirled around to find one of the kingfishers standing right behind her.

"I… I was just looking." She stammered.

The kingfisher paused and looked at her and his face softened.

"Yes." He corrected himself quietly, "I believe you were only looking"

"excuse me but I was wondering," Bright Shimmer asked, suddenly getting an idea, "Could I come and live with you? I could help with the housework and everything."

"well…" The kingfisher hesitated, "We really need a helper, but I would have to ask my brothers."

They started soaring toward the burrow she had seen, while she questioned the kingfisher about his brothers.

"There are seven of us" he replied in answer to her question, "I'm Sunday. And my brothers are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday"

"Those are… interesting names." Bright Shimmer said, at the same time trying to think of a false name she could give him just in case he worked for her stepmother, "my name is stone dust, though so I guess I can't judge."

Sunday laughed and said, "I think your name is quite normal compared to ours."

Bright Shimmer smiled and opened her beak to reply but before she could say anything they reached the burrow, and she saw that all the kingfishers that had been digging were now at the burrow.

"Sunday, You're back!" Bright Shimmer looked around to find the source of the voice and saw the smallest of the kingfishers just as he stepped into the light. His brown feathers burst blue and his burnt orange underbelly exploded to a Bright yellow that almost seemed to glow. "And it looks as if you've brought someone with you! Who is this?" he stopped and looked questioningly at Sunday.

Before answering, Sunday leaned toward her and whispered, "That's Saturday, he's the youngest and always happy" Then he straightened up and announced, "This is Stone Dust. She was kicked out of her home and was wondering if we could take her in."

His announcement was received by a shocked silence. All of the kingfishers stared at him in shock. Then there was a loud droning noise that sounded almost like a pig snorting. Bright Shimmer looked around, startled, and everyone else started laughing uproariously. On the far right of the line of birds the second oldest kingfisher had fallen asleep and was snoring loud enough to wake the dead.

Sunday sighed. "Monday wake up!" he shouted at the bird.

The sleeping one, apparently Monday, started slightly and mumble, "I agree with Sunday." Then went back to sleep.

All the others laughed again and it took a while for them all to calm down, but when they eventually did Sunday called a vote.

"All those in favor of Stone Dust coming to live with us raise your wing." He called loudly.

Every bird raised a wing. Even Monday who had apparently waken up by then raised his wing, although he did so after everyone else.

Sunday looked at them all and nodded. "Motion passed." He announced, then added softly to Bright Shimmer, "And Welcome. Bright Shimmer."

Bright Shimmer looked at him in astonishment, "How…"

"I'm smarter than I look." He murmured then added with a twinkle in his eye, "It's okay, I don't think anyone noticed but me."